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Reliance Industries signed a 20-year license agreement with the UK’s pioneer retail brand, SuperGroup to launch SuperDry in India. Superdry is one of the most looked after brands globally with celebrities like David Beckham and Pippa Middleton opting for it.
Though Superdry is one of the most desirable brands, it is affordable in comparison with other luxurious brands and hence paves way for this agreement. Reliance Brands has left no stone unturned in tethering with the present-day shopping pulse by housing the most renowned retail brands including Kenneth Cole, Diesel, and Brooks Brothers. It has around 53 stores across the country and proposes to set up 40 stores this year with international collaborations serving to be the channel. Bringing in Superdry will further boost the momentum of its business.
The present year witnessed it collaborating with around six companies including Iconix Brand Group and Brook Brothers. Superdry is relatively affordable in comparison to Diesel, the brand that Reliance Brands handles at present. Its T-shirt costs Rs. 2,200-3,300 approximately and a pair of jeans is priced at Rs 5,500-8,250.
Theo Karpathios who serves as the chief executive of wholesale and international division at SuperGroup says that this partnership came into being after a long-term research that gauged the feasibility of the brand in India. He also added that the brand’s attitude and vision matched with Reliance‘s and enabled them to break ground in a country like India that has a huge potential.
The exclusive fusion of design influences from Japanese Graphics and vintage America tailored comprehending with the British tastes, sets this brand apart. There are around 81 standalone Superdry stores in the UK and the Ireland along with 71 concessions in the House of Fashion, Harrods, and Selfridge's. Intending to foray into international business, it rolled out more than 130 stores across the US, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. SuperGroup is its parent company.
Though the company adheres to the no advertisement or a celebrity endorsement policy, the international celebrity following has added to its brand recognition massively. Around 70,000 pieces of Brad Leather Jacket were sold from 2007 to mid-2009, consequent to it being worn by David Beckham, football player.
Darshan Mehta, Chief Executive of Reliance Brands, considers the variety of brands that Reliance Brands proffers as its USP. Hence, it further takes the plunge to introduce many new international brands and acts as a one-stop store for all renowned brands in the country. The franchise agreement making it mandatory for international companies who venture into the Indian market to source around 30 percent of the merchandise from Indian vendors acts as an inducement for such businesses.
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To keep consumers engaged, more store designers are pushing the “wow” button.
Everyone’s seen more McDonald’s than they can remember. But there’s one McDonald’s that, once they see it, they never forget.
It’s in Sydney Airport’s Terminal 1, and it wasn’t conceived, at least not initially, to stop passengers and their Samsonites in their tracks. At first, it was just about addressing a challenge: The space available in the terminal was only enough for Mickey D’s kitchen alone, leaving no room for the self-ordering kiosks where customers tap in their orders or the counter where workers hand over the Cokes and Big Macs.
Searching for a solution, Landini Associates, the Sydney-based design studio tasked with designing the location (and McDonald’s worldwide), did what comes naturally at an airport: They looked skyward.
Behold the result: The kitchen is enclosed in a yellow-tinted glass cube that seems to float above the counter. In the magical yellow glow, you’d think the workers were alchemists if you didn’t actually see them assembling Quarter Pounders. After they prepare the orders, they clamp the bags into an ingenious Rube Goldberg contraption—it’s like a chairlift for Happy Meals—that transports them from the kitchen to the counter.
Mark Landini, creative director of Landini Associates, told Retail Brew that one reason for fishbowling the kitchen is “because transparency is becoming much more important in our work.”
The contraption that transports the bags from the upper to lower levels, meanwhile, is common in Asia, where street-level space is at such a premium that kitchens are often located on upper floors, but there it is generally concealed by ducts, not showcased for its entertainment value.
“Normally that was hidden,” Landini said. “We’re showing people how things work because they’re really interested.” He added that, after people spent much of the pandemic alone staring at their devices, now that they’re venturing out, it’s vital to put more pizzazz into their paths. “I think the real world is becoming increasingly important as we slip into this mesmeric state of the virtual,” he said. “Shops are increasingly important…as an opportunity to create community.”
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Not that we need formal confirmation, but some new slides presented in the Apple vs Samsung battle of 2014 have confirmed that Android originally didn’t implement a way to input commands, text or anything else by way of touch screen. As early as 2006, Android was designed to be a platform controlled by nothing but buttons.
“Touchscreens will not be supported. The product was designed with the presence of discrete physical buttons as an assumption. However, there is nothing fundamental in the products [SIC] architecture that prevents the support of touchscreens in the future.”
We’d always assumed as much, with early snapshots of the Android SDK and Emulator portraying a Blackberry-esque device with trackpads and a full hardware QWERTY.
What we actually ended up with was the G1 and a platform that was almost completely driven by touch. That platform got even more button-independent when the MyTouch 3G dared to ditch the hardware keyboard.
The rest, as they say it, is history. For what it’s worth, the document confirms that all the other staples of the Android platform — such as widgets, notifications and user-made apps — have all been there from jump street.
The point of the slide was to confirm that Google didn’t have intentions to introduce touch until after the original iPhone was announced in 2007, which should stand to help Apple in their whole “Samsung is copying us” hissy-fit they’re having.
On the contrary, it confirms suspicions that Apple is using their latest battle against Samsung to target Android as a whole, which is the reason Google and the key executives responsible for Android have been pulled into the courtroom.


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Press Release National ACSI Q2 2014
ACSI: Customer Satisfaction Erodes Further With Weak Results Across Auto Industry
ANN ARBOR, Mich., (August 26, 2014) — Customer satisfaction in the aggregate continues to decline in the second quarter of 2014, prompted by weak results across the automobile and light vehicle industry, according to a report released today by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The national ACSI score drops another 0.1 percent to 76.1 on a 100-point scale after experiencing a precipitous 0.8 percent decline in the prior quarter.
“The ongoing erosion in customer satisfaction does nothing to help the economy’s ability to generate consumer demand,” says Claes Fornell, ACSI Chairman and founder. “There are already signs that sales of durable goods are slowing down, with the auto industry experiencing slower growth in new car sales this year compared to a year ago.”
While the rate of decline in overall customer satisfaction is not as severe as it was in the first quarter, the index continues to trend downward at a time when economic growth needs to pick up pace.
“Based on the new ACSI results, growth in consumer spending will continue to be curtailed as weak customer satisfaction deters repeat buying and low consumer discretionary income inhibits first-time purchases,” says Fornell.


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CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A West Virginia House of Delegates Committee advances a bill that would make raw milk legal.
House Bill 4911, would allow the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk as long as containers were clearly labeled as being ungraded raw milk. The bill, introduced by Delegate Michael Hornby, would also give raw milk producers immunity from civil liability related to consuming their unpasteurized products.
The bill passed the House of Delegates Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. It now heads to the House of Delegates Committee Health and Human Resources.
Proponents of the bill argue that it fosters consumer freedom, allowing individuals to choose to purchase and consume raw milk. The bill’s lead sponsor, Del Mike Hornby, has branded it a ‘freedom bill’, asserting that it empowers consumers to make informed decisions. However, critics cite potential health risks, expressing concerns over the safety of consuming ungraded milk.


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Manatee tourism bureau looks to European market
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 9:24 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY - As the local tourism industry enjoys a banner year of bookings, tourism bureau officials in Manatee County find themselves making a difficult sales pitch.
They are trying to convince area accommodations and attractions to offer discounts to visitors from Europe. Not surprisingly, they say, they are encountering some resistance.
"If your business is going strong with a majority of domestic visitors, why offer a discount?" Elliott Falcione, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, said Monday.
Falcione and his staff offer two reasons.
"The international traveler stays longer, spends more," Debbie Meihls, the bureau's executive manager, said.
On Monday, bureau officials talked with a county advisory board on tourism about why they need cooperation from local businesses to pitch Manatee in the European market.
While most Americans do their own vacation planning, "85 percent of Europeans book holidays through a tour operator," Falcione said.
Those tour operators function as more than travel agents who make reservations. They make guarantees.
"They come to our destinations and inspect accommodations," Falcione said. "They provide an insurance policy to their customers."
When they go to trade shows for tour operators in London and Berlin, Manatee tourism representatives say they need to offer competitive and comprehensive packages that include discounts.
Europe is a growing market for Manatee's tourism industry but the visitors bureau thinks it can grow even more, especially since British Airways now offers daily service to Tampa International Airport.
From October, the start of the county's current fiscal year, through June, Manatee counted 460,800 "heads in beds," visitors staying in overnight lodgings that collect county resort taxes.
That amounts to a 6.6 percent increase compared with that same nine-month period in 2012-2013, when the county attracted 432,400 overnight visitors.
Visitors from Europe increased 11.6 percent, from 53,660 to 59,860.
Europe, especially Germany and the United Kingdom, serves as the fourth-largest market for visitors to Manatee. Florida ranks first, followed by the Midwest and the Northeast.
"It's very important to cultivate the European market," said David Teitelbaum, who owns four resorts on Anna Maria Island and serves on the county's Tourist Development Council. "It's a large segment of our business and a growing one.
Teitelbaum said his European customers tend to be "repeat and referral... They have been coming to us for years and they bring their friends. They all want to stay next to each other."
The tourism bureau wants to also attract Europeans who have yet to stay in Manatee and who may also become repeat visitors with friends in tow, Teitelbaum said.
To do that, Falcione said, means a marketing strategy that emphasizes more than Manatee's beaches.
Falcione said he recently had a conference call with a tour operator in the United Kingdom who stayed at the new Hampton Inn in downtown Bradenton.
That operator wants to put together a package in which clients will stay overnight downtown, enjoy its attractions (the Riverwalk, the South Florida Museum) and take day trips to Anna Maria Island.
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One of eBay’s biggest seller conferences of the year, eBay Open will return on September 21-23, 2022, the company announced today.
A hybrid format is planned by eBay this year to connect, educate, inspire, and celebrate its seller community. The event will largely take place online along with three in-person events.
Thousands of sellers are expected to join online for content and sessions they won’t find anywhere else designed to help them grow their businesses and deepen community connections.
eBay says that sellers can pick and choose from an agenda featuring three half-days of fundamental and advanced training sessions, seller-led and category breakouts, executive keynotes, fireside chats, seller discussions, networking, and more.
And this year eBay is adding eBay Open Studio in-person events. Sellers can join eBay staff live and in person on September 23 in New York, Austin, and Los Angeles.
These eBay Open Studio events will be three hours long and will include watch parties for the closing keynote, Q&As with eBay leaders, and a social hour with sellers from the local area.
eBay anticipates a big interest in these local events and suggests sellers register as early as possible to ensure their place.
Tickets to the eBay Open Studio events will be $20. Every attendee will receive a $20 eBay Gift Card, eBay swag, and a lot more. However, the three-day eBay Open virtual conference is 100% cost-free.
eBay Open Registration to Open on July 20
On Wednesday, July 20, eBay will open up registration for eBay Open 2022. This year marks the first time an eBay Open will feature a live element after the company switched to an all-online conference in 2021 and canceled the 2020 event due to the Covid pandemic.
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Gaming smartphone will receive Snapdragon processor 855 and flexible screen. High performance and new feel of the screen is to make a splash.
Japanese company Sharp plans to release a new variation of a new gaming smartphone. This model will have a flexible screen like the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Other features include an eight-core Snapdragon 855 and triple chamber with improved models. Flagship was demonstrated on an unofficial render.
If we talk about the processor, it allows you to run the most powerful games, because it has high performance. For example, one of the four has 512 KB of cache. Overall performance shows the same results as processors for laptops.
The rear surface of the smartphone is made of metal material, which makes the design more elegant and more expensive. Also increases the durability in comparison with plastic. Experts suggest that the device will be expensive.
It was decided to apply this technology for gaming smartphone because of stiff smartphone allows you to create the illusion of immersion in the game reality. Among fans of games such a device will become popular, despite the price.
If we talk about competition, Sharp has the ability to reach and overtake Asus, Xiaomi and Motorola. This is due to the fact that the people playing want to the emotions, and Sharp trying to make changes. New technology will allow gamers to immerse themselves in the game, then gamers will be delighted with Sharp.


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Dirty tanker market sentiment was generally weaker in June, as average spot freight rates dropped on all
reported routes. On average, dirty tanker freight rates declined by 17% from the previous month and spot
rates for all classes went down. These negative developments came as the market suffered from limited
activity prior to the summer months, while the increase in vessel supply remained a main influence on
freight rate movements.
Clean spot freight rates had a mixed performance, with some routes showing higher freight rates; however,
these were relatively minor. On average, clean tanker spot freight rates were almost flat compared with
those of the previous month.
Preliminary data for June shows that OPEC spot fixtures went up by 5.6%, compared with the previous
month, to average 13.18 mb/d. Global spot fixtures rose as well by 1.9%, to average 18.03 mb/d. Fixtures on
the Middle East-to-East route were up by 12% and on the Middle East-to-West routes by 7%. In general,
global chartering activities were higher than the same month a year ago on all reported destinations.
Sailings and arrivals
OPEC sailings rose by 0.2 mb/d, or 0.8%, in June from the previous month, reflecting a gain of 1.7% from
the year before. Middle East sailings rose from the previous month by 0.31 mb/d and from the previous
year by 0.42 mb/d. According to preliminary data, arrivals at the main importing regions in North American
and Far Eastern ports showed an increase from a month earlier, rising by 8.5%, and 2.1%, respectively.
Vessel arrivals in West Asian and European ports declined from the previous month by 3.8% and 4.9%,
Dirty tanker freight rates
VLCC freight rates weakened in June despite an active start to the month, with enhanced freight rates in
both Middle East and West Africa chartering markets, although the gains remained limited. VLCC markets
weakened thereafter despite some steady mid-month activity. Market activity was insufficient to support any
rate increase as the tonnage supply remained abundant even allowing the main monthly chartering
requirements. As a result, spot freight rates declined in several regions, showing monthly and annual drops.
VLCC spot freight rates for tankers trading on the Middle East-to-East routes dropped by 7%, to stand at
WS51 points. Middle East-to-West freight rates followed the same pattern, though reflecting a higher drop of
10%, to stand at WS26 points. Freight rates for tankers operating on the West Africa-to-East route were also
lower, showing a decline of 3% from the previous month.
As was the case with the bigger vessels, Suezmax spot freight rates also experienced negative
developments in June. Spot freight rates edged down as the Suezmax market suffered from high vessels
supply versus limited requirements. Suezmax rates hit year lows, as prompt vessel availability reached its
highest level as a result of new deliveries and low operational delays. Low returns were exhibited on many
voyages which took profitability to a very low end. In West Africa, spot freight rates for tankers operating on
the West Africa-to-US Gulf Coast (USGC) route dropped by 21% to stand at WS60 points. Spot freight rates
for tankers operating on the Northwest Europe (NWE)-to-USGC route dropped by 18% to average
WS57 points. Suezmax rates on both routes showed a greater decline compared with freight rates registered
on the same routes the previous year by 17% and 7%, respectively.
As was the case with other vessel sizes in the dirty tanker segment, Aframax freight rates dropped in June
from the previous month, showing an average 19% decline m-o-m. The Aframax freight rates decline came
as a result of drops experienced on all reported routes. The downward pressure affected voyage profitability.
Freight rates for tankers operating on the Mediterranean-to-Mediterranean and Mediterranean-to-NWE
routes went down by 21% and 24% to average WS91 and WS85 points, respectively, as a result of
increased availability, even for spot requirements. Aframax rates in the Mediterranean turned flat in many
cases as they suffered from limited enquiries.
Spot freight rates went down on the Caribbean-to-US East Coast (USEC) route by 25% from the previous
month as no rush of activity was detected prior to the holidays. Additionally, the market in the Caribbean did
not benefit from storm and weather disruptions. Aframax freight rates to eastern destinations were not an
exception, dropping by 4% for tankers trading on the Indonesia-to-East route to average WS93 points.
Clean tanker freight rates
Clean tanker market sentiment continued to be weak in June. On average, clean spot tanker freight rates
were almost flat from the previous month and stood at WS134 points. Average spot freight rates dropped
despite some enhancement detected on certain routes, although these enhancements were relatively minor.
The clean tanker market had an uneventful June with mostly flat rates in different regions. Long and mediumrange
markets lacked activity and no improvements in rates were seen even during the days of relative tight
In the West of Suez, freight rates experienced some decline on average as they were affected by the freight
rate drops in the Mediterranean, where rates registered on both Mediterranean-to-Mediterranean and
Mediterranean-to-NWE routes dropped by 6% each.
Freight rates for medium-range vessels in the East reflected minor changes from the previous month where
rates remained primarily unchanged before improving at end of the month, with higher vessel demand led by
steady fixing. Thus, freight rates for tankers operating on the Middle East-to-East route remained primarily
unchanged to average WS107 points. Rates for the Singapore-to-East route rose by 2% in June compared
with the previous month and they averaged WS138 points.
Clean tankers freight rates in both the eastern and western direction of Suez were higher than those of the
same month a year before.


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Chow Line: Don’t bleach your food to protect against COVID-19
By Tracy Turner
I’m really worried about COVID-19 and want to keep my family safe, so lately, I’ve been rinsing my fresh fruits and vegetables with a mixture of bleach and water. That’s safe, right?
No, that is not safe. You should NEVER wash or rinse ANY food product with any form of bleach, disinfectant, or any other household cleaning chemicals.
In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a notice to consumers alerting them to the dangers of rinsing, soaking, or washing any food products with bleach or disinfectant, after a significant number of consumers have been doing just that.
Calls to poison centers around the country regarding exposures to cleaners and disinfectants have increased sharply since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC said.
This comes as 42% of consumers who responded to a May 2020 poll conducted by OnePoll on behalf of HelloFresh, said that they worry about the cleanliness of the products they buy and the overall environment while grocery shopping, according to published reports. The survey of 2,000 Americans polled how consumer views on grocery shopping have changed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
And in a May 2020 online survey of 502 U.S. adults conducted by the CDC, 39% of respondents reported they engaged in at least one of the following high-risk practices with the intent of preventing COVID-19 transmission:
- Intentionally inhaling or ingesting cleaners and disinfectants
- Drinking or gargling diluted bleach solutions, soapy water, and other cleaning and disinfectant solutions
- Using bleach on food products such as fruits and vegetables
- Applying household cleaning and disinfectant products to hands or skin
- Misting the body with a cleaning or disinfectant spray
Given the high percentage of individuals engaging in these unsafe practices, the CDC recommends that public messaging should continue to “emphasize evidence-based, safe practices such as hand hygiene and recommended cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in household settings.”
“That messaging should also emphasize avoidance of high-risk practices such as unsafe preparation of cleaning and disinfectant solutions, use of bleach on food products, application of household cleaning and disinfectant products to skin, and inhalation or ingestion of cleaners and disinfectants,” the CDC said in a written statement.
It’s also important to understand that there is currently no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 is a foodborne disease, Sanja Ilic, food safety state specialist with Ohio State University Extension, the outreach arm of The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), has said.
She said that COVID-19 transmits person-to-person through droplets that are produced when an infected individual, speaks, coughs, or sneezes. The virus is most often transferred to another individual when droplets directly reach their nose, mouth, or eyes, or through close contact such as a handshake.
The virus can also transmit when a person touches an object or surface with the virus on it and then touches their mouth or eyes before washing their hands, Ilic said.
However, fresh fruits and vegetables can sometimes harbor harmful bacteria, so you should rinse produce under running water before preparing or eating it, according to Barbara Kowalcyk, a food safety expert and an assistant professor at CFAES’ Department of Food Science and Technology.
“The only exception is prewashed produce and raw meat and poultry products,” said Kowalcyk, who is also director of the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention (CFI) at CFAES. “Washing those products will actually increase the risk of foodborne illness because it can spread pathogens around.”
Fruits and vegetables that have skin should also be rinsed under running water before eating, cutting, or cooking them, even if you don’t plan to eat the skin, she said.
“That is because peeling or cutting unwashed produce can transfer dirt or other contaminates from the surface of the produce to the portion of the fruit or vegetable you plan to eat,” Kowalcyk said. “Firm produce such as melons, apples, and cucumbers should be scrubbed with a clean produce brush before peeling or cutting into them.
“They should then be dried off with a clean paper towel or cloth to further reduce harmful bacteria that might be present on the skin. Importantly, produce should be washed with water only. Never use soap, a bleach solution, or other sanitizers to wash produce.”
Lastly, don’t forget to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and warm water before and after food preparation and before eating.
Chow Line is a service of The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and its outreach and research arms, Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Send questions to Chow Line, c/o Tracy Turner, 364 W. Lane Ave., Suite B120, Columbus, OH 43201, or [email protected].


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Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-sharing company, is expanding into new territory and testing the service in NYC. Starting July 9th, in addition to passengers being able to share rides, order food, electric bikes, and scooters, they will now be able to book a helicopter flight from the app. In NYC, people have used helicopters for years to travel from Manhattan to local airports, and Uber is capitalizing on this market by offering an on-demand service for interested consumers. Flights are estimated to cost around $200-$225 per traveler; however, like the rideshare, prices can fluctuate depending on current demand. Uber Copter is competing against a startup, Blade Urban Air Mobility Inc., which currently offers helicopter rides six days a week from Manhattan for $195.
In the test phase, Uber Copter will only be available to Diamond and Platinum loyalty program members. The helicopters can accommodate up to five passengers and can be booked on demand or days in advance. There are reports that Uber plans to expand this service to other cities. It is also being reported that, “Hello, welcome to Uber Copter is the greeting passengers hear upon entering the aircraft.
Would you be willing to take a ride?


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Mexico travel destinations have always been one of the top choices for Americans heading away on vacation. Whether for family vacations, a romantic honeymoon or a wild spring break, there is always something perfect for everyone.
A Changing World, but the US Still Loves Mexico Travel Destinations
It can’t be denied that the pandemic has changed the vacation experience. Most Americans – and most people worldwide, for that matter – are opting to stay very close to home, if they vacation at all. That said, research has shown that among those who are still traveling and those who are planning for the future once the situation improves, Americans still love Mexico travel destinations as a top choice.
Even as borders have slammed shut to everyone or have not reopened to US travelers due to COVID-19 figures, Americans are still able to travel to the south if they want to. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the WHO both recommend against all nonessential international travel. That said, for those who are heading away, Mexico travel destinations remain an open choice (by air, though not by land, as of the writing of this post).
Looking to the Future
For those who are heeding the advice of medical experts, they’ve kept their current vacation planning on hold and are looking to the future instead. To make up for the safety precautions they are taking in 2020, many people are already booking luxury Mexican villa rentals and other accommodations and experiences at Mexico travel destinations for 2021 and beyond.
They are looking to make sure that when the world can breathe easier, they will be ready to jump back into life and to relax in style and luxury. This also affords future travellers the chance to truly examine their options and find hidden gems and opportunities that they may not otherwise have spotted.
Instead of heading to the typical resort experience, many are finding opportunities to head off the beaten path to Mexico travel destinations that are just as luxurious, exciting, relaxing and beautiful, but also unique and tremendously rewarding while being affordable at the same time.
When it comes to traveling in the future, there are certain to be some changes to the norm at least for the foreseeable future. However, this doesn’t mean that all opportunities for dream vacations are gone. Americans will be once again ready to head away for new experiences and the chance to recharge in a country that will welcome them with open arms.


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A community-based expert system for answers, questions and problems. Integrates Yahoo Answers API.
Gajeebo is a search aggregation engine. It retrieves and aggregates results from world's most popular sites. These results are showcased under various tabs, thus streamlining the search and...
UK newspaper The Guardian is expanding its Open Platform (our Guardian API profile). The new API covers information about politicians and elections in the UK, with many details going back to 1992. It also contains limited older data, as far back as 1945.
Postman REST Client, a powerful HTTP client that helps developers test and develop web services, has just released version 0.9.3. (Google Chrome Packaged App) which includes brand new features including OAuth 2.0 support, user accounts, bulk uploading/importing, and a brand new API Directory.
As demand for Big Data applications continues to increase developers are being forced to confront some fundamental issues associated with traditional extract, transform and load (ETL). Simply put the ETL processes and technology they have in place was never designed to handle loading massive amounts of data into an application.
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Mahindra eyes 13% volume growth with upcoming 3 new UVs
Mahindra & Mahindra expects UV volumes to growth 13 percent on the back of the three new launches planned for FY2018-19.
Homegrown UV major, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is betting on its new UV products to drive sales for the company. According to Rajan Wadhera, president - Automotive Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, the upcoming compact SUV codenamed S201, the U321 MPV and the second-generation Mahindra Rexton will contribute 13 percent increase in volumes.
According to the company as these offerings will compete in a different segment where it currently does not have any other product, thus helping it garner more volumes. On the investment front the company has earmarked Rs 15,000 crore, with a lions share (Rs 10,000 crore) going towards new product development including UVs, commercial vehicles and tractors.
The company has said that while it does not see major headwinds for the automotive industry, it continues to see tailwinds on the account of rise in rural consumption, retail inflation continuing to be below 5 percent, bank interest rates continuing at the same level (6%), positive monsoon projection and the Indian economy growing at more than 7 percent. While, some speed breakers it sees include increase in commodity prices and liquidity issues in the banking sector. Mahindra, has stated it agrees that it focussing on improving the supply constraints on the back of increase in demand. On the other hand, when it comes to capacity utilisation it sees no major chokepoints.
Also read: Mahindra remains bullish on diesel, more so in BS VI era
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Mahindra Bolero breaks into the millionaire club
Bengaluru start-up unveils zPod autonomous driving concept
Minus Zero claims zPod will help reduce traffic congestion and road accidents using its proprietary self-driving tech.
Kia India sells 18,766 units in May, Sonet and Carens outsell Seltos
Growing demand for Sonet compact SUV sees it drive ahead of the longstanding best-seller Seltos for the fourth month in ...
Tata Motors’ car and SUV sales rise 6% to 45,984 units in May
The seven-model portfolio Tata Motors sees demand moderate to single digit in a month which saw the launch of the Altroz...


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Starting with a single hardware store in 1930, Wilkos has grown to become a much loved family run business on the high street. Today, Wilkos is a leading variety retailer with over 380 stores and more than four million customers visiting every week.
With a focus on high quality products and delivering great customer service, we're looking to bring our famous choice and value to even more customers.
We're looking for landlords and developers that can work closely with us to create stores we can be proud of -stores that are inviting, comfortable, safe and that provide a range of products, and a shopping experience, good enough to drive footfall to high streets and shopping destinations.
Below are just some of our new stores, who have joined the Wilkos family in 2015/2016:
On Thursday 24th March, we said hello to our new store at Cyfarthfa Retail Park in Merthyr Tydfil. The special occasion was marked with a ceremonial ribbon cutting led by our Chief Operating Officer, Sean Toal, Store Manager, Sian Jon and Rugby union player, Miles Normandale.
The day started with the first 50 customers receiving a £10 gift card and a food mixer and the next 50 customers receiving a £10 gift card, an Easter egg and a candle. The fun continued throughout the day with lots of family entertainment, including an Easter basket making competition, face painting and a tombola.


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Online subscription-based, flat-rate streaming of movies and also tv programs has actually seen an uptick in Japan in current years, and also with the coronavirus pandemic maintaining even more individuals in the house, that fad would certainly seem magnifying.
The development in the marketplace is led by international business globalizing procedures on the back of their monetary authority, with Netflix Inc. the hands-down market leader.
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Netflix has actually racked up a massive success with “The Naked Director,” its very first internet dramatization tv collection created in Japan and also based upon a nonfiction unique regarding a Japanese grown-up video clip supervisor. With its unique story and also star cast consisting of Takayuki Yamada in the lead function, it was one of the most checked out initial dramatization on Netflix in Japan in 2019.
The California-based media services company has actually because created various other jobs routed by preferred Japanese supervisors, amongst them the supervisor, author and also poet Sion Sono.
Netflix has greater than 180 million clients worldwide, consisting of over 3 million in Japan, and also is claimed to invest greater than 1 trillion yen ($9.3 billion) annually on web content manufacturing.
Netflix saw its client numbers rise by nearly 16 million worldwide in the very first 3 months of the year with lockdowns maintaining individuals in the house, the company claimed.
Another preferred collection streaming on Netflix is “Midnight Diner,” a TELEVISION dramatization collection created by significant enjoyment company Amuse Inc. that very first got an adhering to on Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc.’s TBS network.
It has actually been streaming on Netflix because 2016, beginning with the 4th collection. Behind the button was the dimension of Netflix’s budget plan, which is “different by a factor of 10,” according to Amuse manufacturer Hitoshi Endo.
Among various other abroad service providers, Amazon.com Inc. has actually obtained a healthy and balanced client base via a mix of digital business and also streaming services, while Walt Disney Co. started streaming its substantial collection of preferred movies in Japan in June to draw in visitors with its special web content.
According to marketing research company ICT Research and also Consulting, the variety of clients to flat-rate streaming services in Japan enhanced to 14.8 million in 2018 from 8.9 million in 2016.
Among Japanese drivers, U-Next Co. and also the Hulu solution obtained by Nippon Television Holdings Inc. are looking for to draw in even more clients via initial advertising techniques.
U-Next concentrates on the purchase of residential and also international flicks and also dramatization, and also has some 200,000 video clips offered for watching. Hulu, using its link with Nippon Television, intends to enhance its manufacturings of web content such as spin-offs and also webcasts of serialized TELEVISION programs.
In Japan, visitors in their teenagers enjoy TELEVISION on a real-time basis for a standard 71 mins daily, compared to 248 mins for those in their 60s, proof that youths are progressively averting from TELEVISION, according to a study by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and also Communications in monetary 2018.
“TV Broadcasting is becoming less dominant in entertainment video such as movies,” Koichi Yomoda, head of Visual Media Research Institute LLC, claimed.


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The internet has found a way to put a price on dreams, and the market is strong.
Entrepreneurs have been making an end run around the traditional path to financing startups by raising money with initial coin offerings (ICOs) aggressively. In April, The Economist counted $250 million raised for projects from mining to betting prior to April. Since then, Bancor raised about $147 million for digital financial instruments. Tezos raised $232 million for an Ethereum alternative.
We have written about a few ICOs here (and folks have tried to convince us to write about at least eight more so far this month). Brave dropped the Basic Attention Token to fix online advertising. BitBounce will spam the world with Credo. Blockstack will probably release some kind of coin to work within its browser. And Filecoin, the cryptocurrency for cloud storage, will launch its ICO on July 27 [UPDATE: Now August 7]. None of these endeavors have been undertaken by proven companies, though.
The first mainstream venture with some miles under its feet to sell a cryptocurrency will probably be Kik, Canada’s unicorn messaging app. Before long, it will release a cryptocurrency called Kin, which it hopes will allow it to turn part of its billion-dollar valuation into spendable cash-money-dollars. If it works, Kik will have shown a way to let people “invest” without diluting any of the prior investors’ ownership stake.
Which is pretty weird.
Kik’s Kin provides us with a chance to explain and explore the evolving world that bitcoin and its derivatives has wrought. It’s going to get pretty abstract, because money itself is an abstraction, but one with very real world effects.
What is Kik and why does it matter?
If you’re not a cool teen, you can be forgiven for not knowing about Kik. Kik started as a messenger, launching in 2010. In a conversation with Techcrunch’s Jon Russell in China, Kik founder Ted Livingston took credit for basically everything about chat apps that has made them dominant forces on mobile. Americans virtually live on Facebook Messenger and in China, WeChat nearly equivalent with the internet itself. But Livingston says it was Kik that was first to see chat as a platform, layering on bots, communal events and branded pages.
(The only big innovation that Kik may not be able to claim a piece of is Stories, which is Snapchat’s, and Kik might be the only messaging platform that hasn’t ripped off the popular feature.)
Despite its innovations, “It’s been very hard to monetize in the Western world,” Livingston tells Russell, because web giants like Facebook and WeChat owner Tencent “go ahead and give everything away for free” because they can monetize with spying and ads.
But Livingston believes Kik can create an economy on (and maybe off) its app, one that rewards developers and users for contributing value to the community. It’s building a system that will watch contributions made to the Kik platform and pay their makers out of its new pool of cryptocurrency for the good stuff they build based on how much activity it generates. Where will that cryptocurrency come from? Well, the Kik team will just make it out of thin air. That’s the beauty of this day and age.
Or maybe the better word to use is “moment?”
So, what is money anyway?
But can you really just make money out of thin air?
Honestly, it’s kind of the only way that humans have done it for a long time. First we traded actual stuff (eggs for leather, etc). Then we traded stuff that everyone wanted and was easy to trade (silver, gold, etc). Then we traded tokens that represented commodities like silver or gold (until the 70s, 35 U.S. dollars were exchangeable for an ounce of gold ). Then we just traded the tokens backed by little more than the faith and good will of governments, with names like euros, francs, pesos and dollars.
It’s a bit fuzzier than that. For example, the US Congress requires dollars to be backed by some sort of asset, but that’s mostly just notes on government debt (US Treasuries). At the end of the day, any currency’s value mostly comes down to faith in the nation that originated it.
This faith-based cash is “fiat money,” and it’s often referred to derisively among cryptocurrency types. “Fiat” is a Latin word for “let it be,” because fiat money is just willed into existence by a nation-state, which also decides how much of that money there is in the world at a given time. Cryptocurrency really isn’t any different, except all it takes is a developer and some server power to make a new one.
Money works kind of, sort of like stock in a country’s economy. If you want to visit Baltimore or invest in Ford or buy New Balance sneakers in bulk, you need US dollars to do it. So if people around the world want that stuff, they trade their own currency for dollars, and that increases the price of the dollar versus the yen or the euro or the ruble, none of which have the state of Maryland, the US auto industry or worker-friendly kicks.
So in that way, it is like a stock, in that its value changes as the winds of fate blow across the nation that originated the currency, but it’s not like a stock (or “equity”) in that a nation’s currency doesn’t inherently entitle its bearer to, say, input in its legislature, a chunk of land or even an actual vote in an election.
ICOs as investments
And here’s where we get into how an ICO is so different from traditional forms of fundraising. Normally, when a company wants to raise money, it sells a piece of itself (in the form or equity). So if you hear that a company raised $100,000 at a million-dollar valuation, that means it just sold 10 percent of the company to some investor. It’s pretty simple.
That’s not how an ICO necessarily works. Most ICOs these days have created money to be used on some platform. Just as the US government has said that business in our borders has to be conducted in dollars, Kik has the power to say that people who want to trade on its platform need to use Kin to do it. So Kin will work for Kik much like the dollar does for the U.S.
Just as the dollar reflects how much people want to do business here, Kin will reflect how much people want to do business on Kik. Similarly, just as people who believe the US economy will grow buy and hold dollars to reflect that confidence, people can also invest in Kik by buying Kin, out of a belief that Livingston’s gambit will work.
Buying Kin does not mean, however, that the currency’s owners hold any rights to Kik. That’s why we put scare-quotes around the word “invest” when we first mentioned the currency.
Kik is setting aside 30 percent of all Kin for itself (but only letting itself get access to it in chunks over about three years). The idea is that if all this works then the value of that pool will increase. People with a stake in Kik who get Kin out of that pool can hold it or sell it as they see fit. If the Kik economy really takes off, then Kik’s owners should be able to get a nice payday.
Russell asks Livingston: And then what? If Kin has a hard cap, then how will the company monetize its big expensive platform after their Kin is gone?
Livingston dodges the question.
So where does this all end up?
It’s not as if private entities haven’t made up their own money before. Usually it happens when the existing form of money doesn’t work well in some piece of the economy. Dollars and yen create a lot of friction online for the applications founders are inventing today.
Want to buy a cool sticker from someone for about a penny? Forget it. You can’t.
Want to let people buy tickets to a group chat with a celebrity in a way that they can do it on an impulse? It doesn’t work right now.
But fiat money could catch up. If governments issued cryptocurrencies, it would become tough to justify more ICOs. So that’s one possibility.
But even if that doesn’t happen, there is also a chance that so many new coins get created that it drives the price of all cryptocurrency down to zero. At the end of the day, all crypto is the same thing: a weird piece of nothingness that only one person can hold at a time. It works as a medium for trade. So even the Useless Ethereum Token has a use. It can be used to buy other cryptocurrencies.
The Harvard of startup accelerators, Y Combinator, recently brought in Olaf Carlson-Wee, CEO of cryptocurrency investor Polychain Capital, to talk about investing in these new coins. YC staff ask Carlson-Wee why these new startups create new currencies for platforms, such as Brave’s for ads or Filecoin’s for cloud storage.
“I think there is no strong reason from a technology standpoint,” Carlson-Wee says. “It’s really more a game theoretic reason.”
Besides bringing in cash, luring in a bunch of speculators has a way of turning them into users. Online products tend to be better when more people use them. So by drawing in the avaricious, firms can use ICOs to hack their way ahead on scale.
Kik could run just as well on Ethereum proper as on an Ethereum-devised cryptocurrency, with one very important difference: Kik’s vision is to pay independent developers to build new stuff for Kik, but it doesn’t actually have enough cash to pay them (which it would need if it were to pay in Ethereum’s money). Instead, it plans to pay them in a made-up money and hope that money’s value grows enough to make developing for Kik and getting paid in Kin worthwhile.
But outside of Kik, Kin will be just another token, inherently no better or worse than bitcoin or BAT or Filecoin. Beyond whatever platform that created it, it’s all just digital money. Right now, the differences between them seem very important, but the more mainstream this stuff becomes, the less important those differences will be, just as the differences between basketball shoes are a big deal to sneakerheads and just shoes to everyone else.
If entrepreneurs just keep making new supplies of digital money, the global market could start treating it all as if it’s all basically the same, driving the price of all of it down together.
In the worst case scenario, digital cash could become so plentiful that the only thing stopping a kid with some coding skill from creating a new token will be the fact that it isn’t worth his time; however, any time the market calms enough that the economic growth restores some value to existing tokens, it could just be arbitraged out by someone who sees it and creates a new one.
True, the supply for any one digital token can be constrained, but the supply of all digital tokens is infinite and that reality could become a real problem for companies offering coins to power what could be really useful systems.
We asked several investors known for backing this space if their teams had discussed this scenario, but we were met with silence.
So is this whole sector doomed?
That is unlikely.
The top seven cryptocurrencies in the world right now have a combined value of $80 billion. That’s a long, long way from zero and it buys the sector a ton of time (especially because it will probably go up much more before it goes down). The analysis in the section above is based on an assumption that nothing else changes. Of course things will change, but we have no idea how.
We’re headed into Web 3.0, a new era of the internet characterized by mobile connections that will make today’s wired connections look slow, three-dimensional websites, connected devices with super-brains, browsers loaded up with money and UN Secretary General Jeff Bezos.
No one in 1993 would have heard a description of Snapchat and believed it could be a $17 billion company one day, but here we are. People are going to come up with some crazy new applications for how that future works, and there’s a decent chance the internet will find some technical consensus that constrains the issuance of digital money in a way that preserves its usefulness (that is, tokens’ value).
And the solution will probably be weird and nearly impossible to anticipate, and that’s why people will keep proclaiming that “bitcoin is dead” over and over until that solution is found.
And entrepreneurs will look back longingly on this era as an online belle époque, when money could be spun up on a server and used to buy real Lamborghinis (or at least rent a Ferrari) not long after. Kik will be one of the first established companies to create its own digital money. If history is any guide, Kik will then be copied. It might not happen many times, though, before the guests enjoying this particular online party find themselves at last call.
Correction: A previous version of the story described the US dollar as freely floating, without collateral. July 24, 2017 5:35 PM.


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The doors opened today, 20th January 2018, to the very first National Running Show and it proved to be an incredible day of inspiration and celebration for the thousands of runners who gathered under the roof of Birmingham’s NEC.
The show has generated huge interest since it was launched last year and the opening day was an overwhelming success in bringing a first-class, non-race affiliated expo to the UK’s running community. From the moment the doors opened the hall was buzzing with running enthusiasts keen to soak up the thrilling atmosphere of this innovative new show.
The day started at 9am with the official opening of the show by running legend Dame Kelly Holmes, who then went on to head up a stellar line-up of speakers on the Main Stage. This included Olympic athletes Jenny Meadows, Jo Pavey and Wendy Sly, nutritionist Anita Bean, marathon runner Steve Edwards, endurance adventurer Luke Tyburski and ultra runner Susie Chan.
The day’s talks included a panel session for The Towpath Challenge 2018, which just two days ago saw a team of high profile endurance athletes complete a 135-mile run over 5 days from the Olympic Park in London to the show venue here at the NEC. An incredible precursor to show weekend, the team were clearly still on a high as they recounted their experience to a fascinated audience at the end of the day. The Towpath panel included Russell Smith, Jamie Ramsay, ‘Barefoot’ Aleks Kashefi, Ben Smith, Elise Downing, Luke Tyburski and Twice the Health. Check out tomorrow’s programme of speaker and panel sessions at the event website.
While all the talks were going on there was no escaping the excitement around the Run Mummy Run book launch mid-afternoon. Founder Leanne Davies was celebrating the launch with a signing of Run Mummy Run: Inspiring Women to be Fit, Healthy and Happy and was welcomed by a huge gathering of the Run Mummy Run community (now almost 55,000-strong on Facebook, and certain to rise after this weekend) who had come to support and meet like-minded women.
The Run Mummy Run stand was also non-stop, with three exclusive show items on sale and bucket-loads of inspiration and chat for female runners of all abilities.
Another exciting launch on Day 1 was The Running Festival at Goodwood from UK Run Events, set to become one of the most iconic events in the sporting calendar. With a 10K and a Half Marathon on offer, as well as an event for young runners soon to be announced, this will be the first ever running festival at the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit in the heart of West Sussex and a magnificent celebration of running for runners of all ages and abilities.
For running bloggers, the day brought the highly anticipated announcement of the Bloggers’ Shortlist for The Running Awards 2018. Split for the first time into Personal and Professional blog categories, the winning bloggers will be revealed at the prestigious awards ceremony at indigo at the O2 on Thursday 19th April.
It’s fair to say that the National Running Show has attracted brands from around the world, and one of the big moments of the day was the launch of a wireless smart insole from sports technology company Sportscientia. The team had flown in especially from Singapore to launch their product to the UK market this weekend, and the show proved to be the perfect platform to introduce this ground-breaking piece of equipment for runners. Selected by the HYPE Foundation as one of the top 50 global sports innovations of 2017, the insole uses advanced force sensors to measure athlete load, weight distribution, gait and movement and then, through a mobile app, deliver tailored, real-time data for runners, physios and coaches. It demonstrates a real break-through in performance management and injury prevention and recovery, and the year ahead promises to be huge.
Indeed, the timing of the show is ideal with the year stretching out ahead and runners using the opportunity to adopt their apparel, tech, brand, race and nutrition choices pre-race season.
All sponsors reported superb crowd participation in each of their specialist areas, from 3D Gait Analysis hosted by Run3D to The Run Clinic by Go Run Right, The Treadmill Challenge by Saucony, The Treatment Room by Sports Injury Fix, the Nutrition Advice Zone by The Sports Dietitian at Diet 360 and The Run Café sponsored by Get Event Fit.
As Day 1 came to a close it was clear that The National Running Show had treated the UK’s running community to first-class line-up of race organisers, sports retailers, sports brands, nutrition experts, official sporting bodies, communities and expert speakers. It was a phenomenal first day with plenty more to look forward to on Day 2.
Mike Seaman, Director of Raccoon Events, commented: “We are absolutely thrilled with the turnout for the first day of The National Running Show. It has been all that we had hoped for and more. Thousands of runners filled the hall to chat to exhibitors, try out products, make purchases and listen to the speakers, and feedback from the day has been hugely positive. We have another fantastic day in store for tomorrow and tickets are still available to purchase online or at the door.”
Anyone wishing to register interest in becoming an exhibitor or partner of The National Running Show 2019 should contact Mike Seaman directly by email, at firstname.lastname@example.org.
The National Running Show takes place at Birmingham’s NEC on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st January, 2018. Tickets are on sale and cost £10 per person for the weekend.
Go to nationalrunningshow.com for further event details.


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Nation Media Group #ticker:NMG is banking on its large online presence and a revamped digital plan to grow sales and recover from effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
East Africa’s largest media company is rolling out a two-pronged approach that includes enhanced presence in the digital space and a revamp of its print business with the recent facelift of the Daily Nation.
With seven out of every 10 Kenyans having access to the Internet, online marketing and Web listing sites are fast-gaining currency in the country with big media houses like NMG leading the charge.
NMG now plans to leverage this Internet traffic and its websites to monetise the online audiences into sustainable revenue streams.
“The Group has accelerated its transformation into digital media anchored in its new digital brand, Nation.Africa, launched in July 2020,” NMG said in a statement.
“This, together with the strengthening of the Group’s print and broadcast media products, is expected to offset the adverse performance and drive the long-term profitability of the business.”
The media house redesigned the Daily Nation edition and revamped content including introduction of new magazines focusing on human interest stories to retain and attract more readers.
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed challenges to the news industry across the globe as businesses across many industries cut back on marketing, leading to declines in advertising spending.
NMG’s turnover in the six months to June dropped 28.8 percent to Sh3.26 billion, reflecting significant disruptions in the wake of the pandemic.
It reported a half-year loss of Sh352.7 million in the period when a string of firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have issued profit warnings.
The company will place greater focus on growing reader revenue from content delivered digitally, including exploring new revenue streams in the events and technology space.
"On a positive note, subscriptions to our digital products are growing substantially while improvements achieved in operational efficiency and productivity continue to contribute to enhancing the operating margins,” NMG said.


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- CATEGORY REVIEWS
The majority of people are still eating at home and that is good news for both private label manufacturers and retailers, Harry Balzer, chief industry analyst for NPD Group, told attendees at the Private Label Manufacturer Association’s PLMA Live breakfast Tuesday morning.
In fact, 72 percent of meals are eaten at home, according to NPD Group’s Eating Trends survey
Balzer said NPD asked respondents to their survey what percentage of all things they consume are private label or store brand and it’s always been about 20 percent. However, around 2001-2002, that number started to increase and that’s why we know this is a trend that is going to last.
“This is not just an economic issue for the moment, it’s an economic issue for the long term,” says Balzer.
Another interesting fact that Balzer shared was the fastest-growing in home food and beverage categories based on percentage point change and those were:
4) Bottled water
5) Nuts & seeds
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Co-hosted by the International Data Group and the Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation Commission, the 2018 Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference, a summit for mobile developers and AI specialists, will be held in Guangzhou on Oct 11 and 12. According to STC official website, this year's theme is World Construction. The conference will gather hundreds of experts from home and abroad in one theme forum and 11parallel forums to give presentations on how AI can accelerate industrial reform.
The conference, an extension of Android World, has been successfully held six times in the past, and has now developed into a well-known global event. Based on AI, information technology and mobile internet platforms, it allows domestic manufacturers to explore frontier technologies and new business models, to upgrade intelligent terminals and mobile apps, and to gain more opportunities of win-win cooperation. Moreover, it promotes the extensive application of mobile app software and intelligent hardware in all economic fields to greet the era of AI.
The founder and CEO of Aibee, Lin Yuanqing, also the head of Baidu Research Institute, will deliver a keynote speech about AI technical perfection and traditional industrial upgrading. The head of 360 AI Research Institute, chief scientist, Yan Shuicheng will share the current status and application situation of AI in China, followed by a question and answer session on the subject of collaborative intelligence.
Location:Intercontinental Hotel, Guangzhou, China
Host:International Data Group (IDG)
1. Main Theme Exhibition Area
2. Intelligent Terminal Exhibition Area
3. Mobile App Interconnection Area
4. Exhibition Area for Developers
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Companies that are developing a new electronic product for manufacturing in China tend to think of the way they should structure their supply chain. And they have an important decision to make. Do they choose a Contract Manufacturer buying … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Electronics in Taiwan: A China Alternative?
As the US-China trade war intensifies, many American importers are looking for alternatives. They often look at Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Mexico, etc. But what about Taiwan? There is sometimes an opportunity to start sourcing … [Read more...]


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A new all-electric machine line has a new clamp design and controller that reduce platen deflection and dry-cycle time compared with its predecessor.
More details are now available on a new high-speed side-entry robot that trims mold-open time by 20% due to higher acceleration.
The ClassiX series of hydraulic injection presses from KraussMaffei Corp., Florence, Ky., has been expanded with a new model that is now the largest in the line.
Two larger vertical rotary-table machines have been added to the Golden Edition hydraulic series from Arburg Inc., Newington, Conn.
A newly upgraded side-entry robot for packaging is said to reduce mold-open times approximately 20%. The servo-driven Heku 3 robot from Hekuma GmbH in Germany (represented here by Autotec Inc., Sylvania, Ohio) boasts repeatable positioning accuracy ...
A new vacuum gripper for robot end-of-arm-tooling is designed to handle bulky and heavy parts weighing up to 614 lb/sq ft.
A new six-axis jointed-arm robot suited to cleanroom use comes in two models that handle payloads up to 220 or 286 lb.
Recent upgrades expand the scope and features of the ControlWorks plantwide “virtual private network” (VPN) for monitoring and controlling all types of auxiliary equipment (blenders, silos, dryers, feeders, pumps, loaders, chillers, and ...
A new line of robot collision sensors that prevent damage to the robot as well as parts and molds is new from SAS Automation, LLC, Xenia, Ohio.
A new generation of high-speed traversing robots will be introduced at the IPF show by the Japanese parent of Yushin America Inc., Cranston, R.I.


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Absorbing the lessons from NACDS Total Store Expo
It’s been a week since the National Association of Chain Drug Stores wrapped up its massive Total Store Expo pow-wow in Las Vegas. Hundreds of retail pharmacy industry vendors have broken down their exhibits and cleared the cavernous Sands Expo Center for the next big event. By last Wednesday, the exodus of more than 5,700 exhausted conference-goers from Sin City had slowed to a trickle.
Now those thousands of participants are back at their jobs. And so begins for them the long process of assimilating the flood of information they absorbed at NACDS TSE. Among the dizzying lineup of seminars and discussion groups at this broad-based event were plenty of topics for both pharmacy leaders and front-end merchants, ranging from health reform and the emergence of accountable care organizations, new collaborative patient-care models and telehealth, to techniques for adapting to today’s digitally empowered consumer and smartphone-assisted shopping.
Running Aug. 10 to 13 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, TSE combined three major NACDS conferences: Pharmacy and Technology, Marketplace and Supply Chain and Logistics. It was the biggest single event in the chain pharmacy group’s history, and it packed a full schedule of speeches, educational sessions and vendor-sponsored get-togethers into its four-day format. Among the highlights: talks by former senator and secretary of state Hillary Clinton, NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson and chairman Bob Narveson of Thrifty-White; an update on the pharmaceutical market by Doug Long, IMS Health VP-industry relations; and a panel on the “new healthcare landscape” moderated by NACDS’ government affairs chief, Carol Kelly.
Also not to be missed: a full-strength performance at the final NACDS “Vegas Extravaganza” party by The Who’s Roger Daltrey. One of the best concerts I’ve ever witnessed at an industry event, and thanks to NACDS for bringing in him and his band – which included co-founder Pete Townsend’s brother Simon, if not Pete himself, and a stable of excellent musicians who replicated The Who’s sound flawlessly.
Drug Store News was at TSE full-strength, covering the event from top-to-bottom and publishing a 52-page daily edition. Highlights can be found at the DSN website, Drugstorenews.com, along with my coverage of the meeting of the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations and even slide shows of conference highlights.
Were you there? If so, feel free to share your experiences and impressions of this massive gathering.
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CVS Caremark hosts grand opening of new mail service pharmacy, customer center
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark held a grand opening event on Tuesday at its new mail service pharmacy and customer center in Mt. Prospect, Ill.
The 150,000-sq.-ft. facility, representing an investment of approximately $67 million, supports pharmacy inventory and fulfillment needs across the CVS Caremark PBM book of business, which serves approximately 60 million members throughout the United States. With the capability to fill 50 million prescriptions annually, this new facility is an example of CVS Caremark’s continued investment and commitment to the State of Illinois, the company stated.
(Larry Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark, gives Governor Quinn of Illinois a tour of the new mail service pharmacy in Mt. Prospect)
CVS Caremark hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a tour of its new Mt. Prospect facility. Company officials also took the opportunity to recognize and thank supporters from the state and region who helped make the development of the Mt. Prospect mail service pharmacy possible. Fifty-nine Illinois-based businesses were used during the construction of the facility.
The new facility will employ more than 400 people by the end of 2013, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, automation technicians and process-improvement engineers. Technology at the facility enables 90% of prescriptions to be dispensed and 80% of prescriptions to be packaged for mailing, using full automation. In addition, in order to further assure safe and accurate dispensing, all prescriptions are visually checked by one of the on-site pharmacists before they are mailed.
"This new CVS Caremark mail service pharmacy and customer center is a great example of our commitment as a pharmacy innovation company to helping people on their path to better health," stated Larry Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Caremark. "The combination of technologically advanced automation and the expertise of our highly qualified pharmacy teams help us ensure people have convenient access to affordable medications."
"We are pleased that CVS Caremark chose to build this new state-of-the-art facility in Mt. Prospect, Illinois," said Governor Pat Quinn. "I am happy to have the opportunity to participate in this ribbon-cutting event today, and appreciate the role that CVS Caremark plays both as a national healthcare innovator and as an employer in our community."
The facility also includes a CVS Caremark customer center complete with an executive briefing room designed to introduce clients and future partners to CVS Caremark’s integrated programs and services. Video and touchscreen technology illustrate the CVS Caremark story and allow direct interaction with CVS retail pharmacists, specialty pharmacists and mail service pharmacists, as well as with Minute Clinic nurse practitioners, via real-time telepresence technology.
In combination with the mail service pharmacy capabilities, the customer center offers opportunities to work with clients and partners to identify and develop solutions that leverage the full CVS Caremark enterprise for improving access, cost and quality for patients and payers.
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Southeast Asian generics market projected to grow
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A variety of macroeconomic factors are driving growth in the generic drug market in Southeast Asia.
According to CPhI, which is sponsoring the CPhI Southeast Asia Summit 2013 in Bangkok next month, the drug industry in the region is projected to grow to $3.9 billion by 2016, and macroeconomic factors, such as government policies, stable economies and growing population are driving generics.
"Generics will grow in the next five to 10 years, but without a balanced environment for cultivating innovation, such development will not be sustainable," Bayer Healthcare, China, senior patent attorney and conference speaker Jennifer Jian Kang said.
Government policies include plans by the Indonesian government to implement universal health coverage. "This is a huge undertaking by a government who, within the next four years, has targeted touching on over 90% of the population — a huge undertaking given Indonesia’s population of 240 million people," SOHO Group president, CEO and director Marcus Pitt said. "The pharmaceutical market dominated by local players has been gearing up its production and distribution infrastructure to cope with the expected multiple increases in generics."
The growth in generics, coupled with the fact that many governments in the region support local business, puts local generics manufacturers in a strong position. This means that most foreign companies will need to set up local partnerships, giving a welcome boost to local generics companies. - Penina Mezei, Attencia


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While most of us know the steps necessary to achieve strong and healthy hair – like moisture and regular trims -we may be doing our hair a disservice with our actual styling practices. It turns out our favorite ‘dos could be serious don’t when it comes to hair health.
Nearly half of black women suffer from hair loss – much of it is caused by our hairstyles. And, Dr. Yolanda Lenzy, a dermatologist and clinical associate professor at the University of Connecticut in Farmington, revealed last week that it’s not just a chemical thing. Braids and weaves are just as guilty as relaxers when it comes to follicle damage and thinning strands.
She and Black Women’s Health Study at Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center surveyed nearly 5,600 black women about hair loss. What used to be considered genetic, they found is now attributed to hair styling methods. The top cause of hair loss in black women is a form of alopecia known as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA). This is different from traction alopecia, which comes from tension from braids and other styles, and is often reversible. CCCA causes scarring and permanent hair loss that starts off as bumps with itching, burning, or pin and needles sensation.
“When hair loss is caused by styling practices, the problem is usually chronic use. Women who use these styling practices tend to use them repeatedly, and long-term repeated use can result in hair loss,” said Dr. Lenzy last week at the American Academy of Dermatology’s annual meeting, in Washington, D.C.
Not only did 41% of those surveyed suffer hair loss symptoms consistent with CCCA, only 9 percent had actually been diagnosed. In fact, 81 percent of women, in general, don’t seek out any medical assistance for their hair loss.
Besides self-monitoring, Dr. Lenzy suggested avoiding tight hair styles that put pressure on hair follicles, llimiting use of chemical relaxers and having your hairstylist help you out.
“A hairstylist is really the front line in detecting changes in your hair,” said Dr. Lenzy. “Someone who looks at your hair and scalp frequently can help you recognize a problem.”
She also stressed the importance consulting with a dermatologist.
“Women who are dealing with hair loss should consider changing their styling practices, and visit a board-certified dermatologist for diagnosis and treatment. Some people may only associate dermatologists with skin issues, but we’re also experts in hair disorders, and we can provide the help you need.”


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Google does it. Facebook does it. Microsoft does it. Now Apple will do it, too.
Starting in September, Apple will pay bounties to people who discover security flaws in its products, Ivan Krstic, the company’s head of security engineering and architecture, announced Thursday at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. But it won’t be your average tech company’s bug bounty program — at least not at first — because it will be open only to some researchers.
Also, it may be late to the party, but it knows how to make an entrance. Apple’s bounties are larger than what other companies are offering: They range from $25,000 to up to $200,000 for critical vulnerabilities found in its firmware. The bounty for finding a way into iCloud data (you might remember the leak of nude celebrity photos) is up to $50,000.
Apple had to finally make this move, especially after its high-profile fight with the FBI over unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. That battle ended with the FBI paying a third party to unlock the phone, which of course raised security concerns about the iPhone.
“We’re fortunate that we’ve earned trust from our customers, but we realize that that’s something we have to keep earning,” Krstic reportedly said at Black Hat.
Paying bounties could improve security in a few ways, including that those who discover vulnerabilities would have an incentive to share their findings directly with Apple and keep quiet about them to give Apple time to fix them before they’re made public.
As for other tech companies’ bounties, Yahoo used to offer a T-shirt until it got shamed into paying cold, hard cash.
Last year, Google paid $2 million in bug bounties, reporting earlier this year that it has rewarded $6 million in bug bounties since 2010. Also, it announced in June that its year-old Android bug bounty program has paid $550,000 so far.
Facebook earlier this year paid $10,000 to a 10-year-old boy for finding a bug in Instagram. Uber in March announced a bounty program that pays up to $10,000.
What had Apple done? It had put the names of bug finders on its website.
Photo: Screen shot from the website for Apple’s iCloud service.


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MONTEREY >> The co-founder of the company that runs Pebble Beach Food & Wine has been bought out.
Robert Weakley, who has managed Coastal Luxury Management with Dave Bernahl since 2008, was bought out by Charles and Ali Banks, according to Southern California news blog Eater LA.
Efforts by The Herald to reach Weakley and Bernahl have been unsuccessful.
Coastal Luxury Management operates Monterey restaurants Cannery Row Brewing Co. and 1833, as well as the Pebble Beach festival and Los Angeles Food & Wine.
It also partnered with The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas to create the food and beverage aspect of Las Vegas concert venue Rose. Rabbit. Lie.
The Banks are the founders of Terroir Selections, a collection of wineries.
Bernahl and Weakley were a formidable team, even sought out last year by the San Francisco Chronicle to list their "favorite things" for a column.


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May 30, 2017 09:11 AM EDT
LG's Latest handset of G6 has just hit the market a few months ago. Interestingly, new rumors are now swirling about the next handset G7.
A few months ago tech company LG launched its flagship smartphone G6 with unique design and massive display size. Excellent camera and smooth performance have already made it a great handset. But, some recent rumors have indicated another next top notch handset of the company, the G7.
According to the Aju Business Daily, LG is currently working hard with the chipmaker Qualcomm on the next-generation 845 processor. The two popular companies are collaborating to develop the new chipset. It is reported that the 845 processor will be more compact and utilize less power compared to the current 835 processor. It may be an essential step for the probable upcoming G7 smartphone.
The reason behind the less power consumption of the new 845 processor could be the utilization of the new 7-nanometer construction process. While launching the popular G6 model LG used the 821 processor. On the other hand, Samsung released the S8 model with the latest powerful 835 processor. The Aju Business Daily reported that this time LG is preparing to pack the G7 with the 845 processor of Qualcomm.
Digital Trends stated that some rumors indicate the 845 processor could be more powerful than its predecessor, the 835 processor. The power of the new upcoming processor may increase up to 20 to 30 percent than the previous 835 processor. The important thing is this existing 835 is already 30 percent more efficient and powerful than the outdated 821. That means LG's next handset, G7, may be equipped with a powerful processor.
Another previous rumor also indicated that the G7 model of the tech company LG will get the OLED display, like the Galaxy S8 of Samsung. It is a true fact that the modern trend has already shifted towards the OLED technology. No doubt this technology offers power efficiency, improved contrast, and stunning picture quality. Even it provides thinner screens compared to the LCD.
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Report: One-third will download apps Christmas Day
2012 may have been the Holiday of Mobile, but app brands can expect another hot downloading and buying day this Christmas. According to a new SOASTA survey one-third of mobile consumers plan to download apps on Christmas Day - likely filling up those new tablets, smartphones and other devices waiting under the tree.
Of those who plan to download apps nearly half (49%) say they'll download gaming apps while 43% plan to download music apps and 27% will look for weather related apps. The SOASTA report also shows men are more likely than women to head straight for their app store after opening gifts (35% vs. 24%) while Millennials are more likely than their older counterparts to look for new apps.
Meanwhile, the 2013 holiday season as a whole is shaping up nicely. comScore reports just over $31 billion has been spent online so far over the 2013 holiday season, a 9% increase over 2012.
"However, there is an interesting emerging storyline that helps speak to what's happening during this year's very unique holiday season. It would appear that the abbreviated calendar between Thanksgiving and Christmas is compelling shoppers to complete more of their online buying during the weekends - with this most recent weekend boasting an exceptional 71-percent gain from last year, following on the heels of last weekend's 34-percent jump," said Gian Fulgoni, comScore Chairman. "The weekend is typically a lighter period of online buying than during workdays, but the weekend surges we're seeing may be attributable to the effects of showrooming, with the in-store shopping experience increasingly getting disrupted by comparison shopping on mobile phones, leading to more conversions online after leaving the store. Of course, it's also likely that many consumers realize the holiday spending clock is ticking and are urgently buying their gifts whenever they have time. And that, in turn, works to the benefit of e-commerce."
Three individual days (Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Green Monday) have surpassed the $1 billion mark with an additional $1-billion-plus spent over the Thanksgiving Weekend (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) and Cyber Weekend (Dec. 7-8).
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Know Your Customer (KYC) has become increasingly important in Europe over the past few years. European governments have proposed and are enforcing previously passed legislation requiring online enterprises to more assuredly verify customers’ identity.
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Many exalt vaping’s benefits such as a reduced reliance on traditional cigarettes chock-full of chemicals, elimination of deadly second-hand smoke, and assistance in quitting smoking altogether with the tapering of nicotine strengths in vaping liquid. Yet unfortunately, one glaring drawback of vaping is its attraction to those under age.
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